Experience a true classic! This Gold edition includes the original Jagged Alliance plus the add-on Jagged Alliance: Deadly Games. Take a trip into retro land and learn why this is considered to be one the best turn-based games of all times. Choose your mercenaries wisely and lead them into battle against the evil Santino.

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The return of a real classic - for the first time on Steam! 20 years ago, Jagged Alliance made an impact and changed the strategy genre forever. Now you can experience this legend in its glorious original form.

A desperate call for help from the island Metavira: The scientist Jack Richards and his lovely daughter Brenda are reaching out to you. The Fallow trees and thus the precious, medical sap on which countless of lives depend, are under the control of the evil and traitorous Santino. That’s why Jack and Brenda hire you, the commander of a mercenary force, to put an end to Santino's insane plans.

You and your mercenaries have to reclaim the island sector by sector, turn by turn. Cultivate the Fallow Trees and process their juices, as they are the basis for your funding. Hire better mercenaries, train local militias and manage your equipment wisely. Get your troops out there and help the people of Metavira!

Can't go wrong with this classic tactical rpg strategy game with realistic elements from that time period, such as the ai following sounds to each mercenary having not only having different statistics, but different attitudes and reactions to certain mercenaries and actions. Not all mercenaries can be hired at the start, but as the game goes on, more will be willing to work for you, for the right price. Those who played XCOM should give this a try, even though this is a dosbox port of the original. The price may make a little sense since its two games in one download.

And here's a tip: Be sure the first mercenary you get is Ivan, me speaks Russian in all versions and is a bit expensive, but his marksmanship more than pays off, and he is one of the mercenaries that will work for you in the beginning.

I'll make this review short due to not wanting to spoil much of the game for those who have not yet played. Most of the game is meant to be trial-and-error so you learn new mechanics and tricks from each play-through and I would rather leave that up to playtime, instead of a simple review.

This game is an absolute classic and is still just as good as ever. I would fully recommend this to anyone who is interested in Turn-Based Strategy, and have played the original X-COM games or older Turn-Based games. This is not for those who don't like difficulty or challenge in their video games, and it sure in Hell isn't for those who don't like older games.

Jagged Alliance Gold is intuitive and has better design and features than 99% of games that are made today. Things like unit exhaustion, explosives turning out to be duds or not going off when they're supposed to, and mercenaries who not only have certain strengths and weaknesses outside of stats, but have their own personalities and will voice their opinion when they feel like. Something as simple as having your band of mercs have their own wants and needs is something that most games two decades later can't achieve with 100x the budget and you really have to ask yourself why that is.

Overall I'd give Jagged Alliance Gold a 10/10. There's a reason why it's considered the Great-Granddaddy of all Turn-Based Strategy, and it still shows even to this day.

An old-timey legend, one of the best turn-based strategy games of all time (almost as good as JA 2 and X-COM: Enemy Unknown (the original)). I bought it on Steam for $10, which is a steal, and I would gladly pay new game prices for it; it's that good. Everything about the game, from the gameplay, the atmosphere, the music, the depth of strategy, the challenge, etc. is superbly crafted.